James Bangura

James Bangura is young passionate gender equality, environmental sustainability and human rights activist as well as a capacity building professional with about 10 years of practical experiences in project management, teaching, field data collection and monitoring and evaluation using several data collection and analysis tools and software. James has a track record in coordinating the USAID-Funded Care Continuum Project in the Greater Accra Region and the UK AID Funded Ghana Adolescent Reproductive Health (GHARH) Project in the Sene East District, Ghana for the past 10 years. Leveraging his resourcefulness, James has been working at the technical management level providing research, training workshops and field supervisory services for a number of governmental and non- governmental organisations in Ghana. Notable among them include; Centre for Popular Education and Human Rights, Ghana (CePEHRG), Women in Law and Development in Africa (WILDAF, Ghana), Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), Ghana Education Service (GES), Ghana Health Service (GHS), Marrie Stoppes International, University of Cape Coast, University for Development Studies (UDS) and Anglo Gold Ashanti (AGA) Obuasi. James holds a First Class B.A (Hons) Degree in Population & Health from University of Cape Coast and a Diploma in Basic Education Certificate from Komenda College of Education. James is an ardent user of online survey platforms including SPSS as well as proficient in Microsoft packages such as MS Word, Excel and Power Point. He is self-motivated and a team player with strong conceptual, analytical, writing, facilitation, monitoring and project coordination skills.

• 05/24/17, Participated in a three day capacity building training on Abstract and Technical/Grants proposal writing as well as Techniques in Qualitative and Quantitative Data Analysis organized by National Population Council in collaboration with USAID and the US Embassy in Accra, Ghana.
• 04/17/16, Represented WILDAF Ghana for a one week project review workshop organised by Palladium Group, Department for International Development (DFID) and UK Aid in Sunyani. The Objective of the workshop was to review project activities and outcomes and plan on the way forward. Series of presentations were given by seven implementing partners including WILDAF, PPAG, MAP International, Hope for Future Generation etc.
• 11/21/15, Participated in a two day capacity building and advocacy training on human rights, reproductive health rights, sex and gender issues organised by WILDAF-Ghana in Accra. The aim of this training was to equip project officers with the necessary skills and knowledge to successfully implement the Ghana Adolescent Reproductive Health Project funded by UK Aid.
• 04/10/15, Attended a two-day lecture series and training organised by the School of Business, University of Cape Coast. The training focused on academic and project proposal writing, project management, budget preparation, monitoring and evaluation models with emphasis on the Log frame model.
• 05/21/14, Actively participated in a three-day personal and professional development training, organised by Focus Central Africa and facilitated by the British Council. The programme was centered on confidence & assertive skills with problem solving tips, personal branding with power of analysis tips, time and self-management, teamwork & leadership skills, volunteerism spirit with self-awareness and negotiation skills.

• Northern Rural Growth Programme (NRGP), Served as research assistant and collected data on the impact of an African Development Bank sponsored NRGP programme using Computer Assisted Personal Information (CAPI) questionnaire and interview guide prepared by University for Development Studies (UDS, Ghana).
• WILDAF Baseline Survey, Collected data on adolescent sexual reproductive health issues by interviewing in and out of school adolescents, parents, traditional leaders and health care providers using structured questionnaires (2015).
• University Project, Wrote a project on the topic 'Occupational health and safety among cocoa farmers in the Assin South District, Ghana.'(2015).
• Integrated Business Establishment Survey (IBES), Supported Ghana Statistical Service to gather field data on all business establishments in the Obuasi Municipality (2015).
• Cohort Study, Department of Population & Health, UCC, Supported a research team to gather data on reproductive health indicators on a cohort (8-19 years) in the Yamoransa Community, Cape Coast, Ghana (2014).
• 2010 Population and Housing Census, Enumerated structures and gathered primary data on all households in the enumeration areas (2010).

• Proficient in SPSS data analysis tool including regression, correlation and chi-square data analysis.
• Very conversant with Microsoft packages; MS Power Point, Word, and Excel.

• 3, Malaysia, International Conference on Environment, Health and Entrepreneurship organized by a Hong Kong Based company, Quest International Group of Companies.
• 2, United Arab Emirates (UAE, Dubai City), International Conference on Climate Change and Non-communicable Chronic Diseases organized by TITANS Ghana and Q.I Group of Companies.

• Date of Birth: 08/15/84
• Gender: Male
• Nationality: Ghanaian

• English
• Dagare
• Twi

• 03/04/15, Recipient of Dean's Award for High Academic Performance with a potential First Class CGPA of 3.6 in B.A. (Population & Health), UCC.
• 11/26/13, Recipient of Dean's Award for High Academic Performance with a potential First Class CGPA of 3.7 in B.A. (Population & Health), UCC.
• 06/01/09, Emerged as best graduating student for the Diploma in Basic Education Programme, Komenda College of Education.

• Miss Lois Aduamoah-Addo, National Programme officer, Women in Law and Development in Africa (WILDAF), P.O. Box LG 488, Legon, Accra, Ghana, 233 204917521, loissaddo@yahoo.com
• Dr. Addae Boateng Adu-Gyamfi, Senior Lecturer, Department of Population & Health, University of Cape Coast, Ghana, 233 244973661, aadu-gyamfi@ucc.edu.gh
• Mr. Mac-Darling Cobbinah, Executive Director, Centre for Population Education and Human Rights, Ghana (CEPEHRG), Box AD 107, Adabraka, Accra, Ghana, +233244808280, macdarlingc@gmail.com

• Helping children
• Socializing
• Searching the internet
• Writing articles on health issues affecting the people and the environment
• Training others
• Passionate about public health, community engagement, and data-driven decision-making.

Assisted WILDAF Project team in compiling a brochure and manual on adolescent sexual reproductive health issues, including topics such as sex & gender, reproductive health rights, children's rights, family planning, STIs with emphasis on HIV/AIDS, early and forced marriage, teenage pregnancy and fundamental human rights., Assisted in conducting a baseline survey on cultural factors affecting the reproductive health of adolescents in Ghana, the case of Sene East, Sene West and Atebubu-Amantin Districts, using anecdotal evidence from the quarterly monitoring visits by WILDAF monitoring team., Conducted several media discussions on adolescent sexual reproductive health issues, touching specifically on family planning, STI management, effects of early and forced marriage and children's rights and climate change., Assisted WILDAF Training team in a one month training for about 120 peer educators and club members on topics relating to their reproductive health so that they could intend train and educate their peers and other community members., Trained community facilitators for the Complementary Basic Education (CBE) Programme for out of school and pre-school children. Took community facilitators through child-centered learning skills and techniques, seating arrangement, classroom management skills as well as the preparation of instructional materials for lessons.

• 02/01/15, Team leader for peer education on No Yawa Programme organised by Marie Stopes International for University of Cape Coast students.
• 09/01/14, Team leader for the Integrated Business Establishment Survey (IBES) in the Obuasi Municipality.
• 04/01/14, Vice President for Nandom Students' Union, University of Cape Coast.
• 09/01/10, Team leader for the 2010 Population and Housing Census (PHC) in the Adansi-North District.